GoDaddy stopped selling domain backorders in August 2024 and shut the product down in October 2025. Domaining picks up where it left off: a daily expiring list with a value score on every name, backorders you can place by hand or by rule, and one monthly plan instead of a fee per catch. Try the drop list below.
| Name | ScoreValue score | Price | Drop date | Status | Rule result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample list, not live drop data. No card required to create your account.
GoDaddy retired its domain backorder and domain monitoring products in three steps. New backorder purchases ended on August 8, 2024. Existing backorders ran until August 2025, and on October 7, 2025 the remaining credits were removed and the product was switched off. If you still have names you wanted from GoDaddy, they now need a new home.
GoDaddy Auctions is still running, and it still sells expired names that were registered at GoDaddy. That covers one registrar's inventory. It does not catch a name when it drops at any other registrar, which is what a backorder did.
| Date | What changed at GoDaddy |
|---|---|
| August 8, 2024 | New domain backorder purchases stop |
| August 2025 | Support for existing backorders ends, with a short extension for unused credits |
| October 7, 2025 | Remaining backorder credits removed and the product switched off |
| Today | GoDaddy Auctions still sells expired names registered at GoDaddy; there is no GoDaddy backorder for names at other registrars |
These are the services domainers actually moved to. Fees are the ones each service publishes and can change, so check the provider before you commit a budget.
| Service | What you pay | When you pay | Several buyers on one name | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domaining | Plan from $49 per month, then the name's registration fee on a win | Plan monthly or yearly; nothing extra on a failed backorder | Private auction between the members who backordered it | Domainers who pick names from a scored list and want rules, alerts and selling tools in one place |
| DropCatch | Published at about $59 per caught name | Only when the name is caught | Public auction | Pure catching power on names that drop; very large registrar network |
| SnapNames and NameJet | Published at $79 per fulfilled backorder | Only when the backorder is fulfilled | Auction between backorder holders | Pre-release inventory from partner registrars |
| Dynadot | Free to place; price charged on a catch | Only when the name is caught | Backorder auction; the first backorder gets the opening bid | Buyers who already manage names at Dynadot |
| GoDaddy Auctions | Your winning bid plus the renewal | When you win the auction | Open bidding | Expired names that were registered at GoDaddy |
Where the others win: a dedicated catcher like DropCatch runs more registrar connections for the drop itself, and on a heavily contested .com that raw catching power matters. Where Domaining wins: you decide which names deserve a backorder with a value score and a price cap before you spend anything, rules place the backorders for you, and the same account lists, parks and sells the names you win. Many serious domainers use both, and the best domain backorder service comparison walks through how to split the work.
Usually not with success, and this is the question to answer before you move any name. The registrar that holds a name decides what happens when it expires.
When a GoDaddy name expires, GoDaddy lists it in its own expired auction during the grace period. Good names tend to sell there, which means they never reach pending delete and a backorder anywhere else has nothing to catch. For these names, put them on a watchlist, follow the expired domain auction and bid there if the price fits your valuation.
Registrars without an expired auction let names run through redemption and pending delete, then release them to the open drop. That is where a backorder does its job. Place it while the name is still in pending delete, and read the drop catching timeline so you know which day the attempt happens.
If the owner keeps renewing, no backorder will ever fire. Check the expiry date, and if the name matters to your business, approach the owner directly or through a domain broker instead of waiting on a drop that may not come.
Most domainers do not chase one name. They want every name that clears a value score under a price cap. That job belongs to backorder rules, which scan each day's list and place the backorders for you.
Pull the names from your old GoDaddy backorder emails or your own spreadsheet. Drop any name that has since been renewed.
Paste them into the domain value estimator. A list built years ago usually holds names you would not pay for today.
Names still registered at GoDaddy go on a watchlist with expiry alerts. Names at other registrars get a backorder.
Set one rule with your extensions, minimum score and maximum price, so new names like the ones you wanted are backordered without a daily check.
Each name on the expired domain names list shows a score from 0 to 100 and the drivers behind it: length, dictionary words, extension, hyphens and digits.
Extensions, a minimum score and a maximum price. Starter includes 5 rules, Pro 25, Portfolio 100 with a budget per rule.
Scheduled, Pending drop, In auction, Won, Lost or Released. You always know where a name stands instead of waiting for an email.
Watch names that are not dropping yet. Domain expiry alerts arrive as a daily digest on Starter and in real time on Pro.
When several members backorder the same name, only they can bid. The winner pays the closing bid and the name moves to the winner's account.
List won names on the domain marketplace, park them on a for-sale page and close every sale through escrow.
No. GoDaddy stopped selling new domain backorders on August 8, 2024 and switched the product off completely on October 7, 2025. GoDaddy still sells expired names registered with it through GoDaddy Auctions, but that is bidding on its own inventory, not a backorder on any name that drops.
Nothing inside GoDaddy replaced it. Domainers moved to dedicated drop catching services such as DropCatch, SnapNames, NameJet and Dynadot, or to platforms like Domaining that combine a scored expiring list, backorders, rules and alerts under one monthly plan.
Per-name catchers publish a fee charged only on success: about $59 at DropCatch and $79 at SnapNames and NameJet, plus auction bids when several people want the name. On Domaining the plan covers the service from $49 per month, and a successful backorder costs the name's registration fee.
Usually not with success. When a GoDaddy-registered name expires, GoDaddy offers it in its own expired auction first, and most valuable names sell there before they would ever drop. Watch the name, bid in that auction if you want it, and keep a backorder only for names that go on to delete.
It is worth it when you place backorders on names you have already scored and priced, inside a monthly budget. Backordering every name that looks good wastes fees and auction bids. A value score and a maximum price per name keep the backorder list short and the wins profitable.
Score the names you still want, backorder the ones that will drop and let rules find the next ones. Plans start at $49 per month. Related: backorder domain names, how to backorder a domain, pricing.
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